Interval size measure: Difference between revisions

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Added "Significance" information to Tina unit.
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Changed column title from "Significance" to "Origin/Significance"; Added "Origin/Significance" for Méride, Farab, "Eptaméride or Savart" and Woolhouse units; edited deciFarab; changed "Eptaméride or Savart"; changed "Power of Interval" column
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!Unit name (symbol):
!Unit name (symbol):
!Interval based on:
!Interval based on:
!Power of interval:
!Power:
!Significance
!Origin/Significance
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|[[Armodue_theory|Eka]]
|[[Armodue_theory|Eka]]
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|2/1 (octave)
|2/1 (octave)
|[[43edo|1\43]]
|[[43edo|1\43]]
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|Proposed by Joseph Sauveur as 7 heptaméride units
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|[[Holdrian_comma|Holdrian comma]]
|[[Holdrian_comma|Holdrian comma]]
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|2/1 (octave)
|2/1 (octave)
|[[144edo|1\144]]
|[[144edo|1\144]]
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|Proposed by al-Farabi in 10th century; 1/12 of [[12edo|12ED2]] semitone
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|[[Mem]]
|[[Mem]]
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|[[Eptaméride]] or [[Savart]]
|[[Eptaméride|Heptaméride/Eptaméride]] or [[Savart]]
|2/1 (octave)
|2/1 (octave)
|[[301edo|1\301]]
|[[301edo|1\301]]
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|Proposed by Joseph Sauveur, advocated by Félix Savart; 301 ≃ 1,000 * log<sub>10</sub>2; 1/7 of Méride unit
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|[[Gene]]
|[[Gene]]
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|2/1 (octave)
|2/1 (octave)
|[[730edo|1\730]]
|[[730edo|1\730]]
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|Proposed by Wesley S.B. Woolhouse in ''Essay on musical intervals'' (1835)
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|[[millioctave]] (mO)
|[[millioctave]] (mO)
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|2/1 (octave)
|2/1 (octave)
|[[1440edo|1\1440]]
|[[1440edo|1\1440]]
|1/10 of Farab
|1/10 of Farab unit
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|quadratic cent
|quadratic cent